For those who passed both - Is GMAT harder or same level or easier than CPA ?

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I would say in overall difficulty, the GMAT is on par or maybe a little easier than FAR.

The CPA exams are harder because you have to pass multiple exams and can actually fail. The GMAT you can take multiple times and you aim for the highest score possible, you technically can’t fail it.

Overall the studying is the same, there are multiple online classes or programs you can take, and then you hammer away at practice questions and practice tests.

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I have taken both. Passing all 4 exams of CPA is harder than getting a high score in GMAT imo.

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These are different things, although similar types of preparations. I found certain CPA exams easier

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